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Not quite crazy not quite sane.Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:01:07 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.32009808Connecing an ESXi host to a QNAP NAS using NFShttp://dmacias.org/2018/01/30/connecing-an-esxi-host-to-a-qnap-nas-using-nfs/
http://dmacias.org/2018/01/30/connecing-an-esxi-host-to-a-qnap-nas-using-nfs/#respondTue, 30 Jan 2018 15:01:07 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=605Interesting little issue I ran into when trying to create a new datastore in my ESXi server. I had to use NFS v2/v3 even though the ESXi documention states v4 is supported. Here are my specs:

– QNAP TS-219P II 4.3.3.0404

– VMWare ESXi v6.0.0 Build 5050593

To configure the NFS share in the NAS. Control Panel > Win/MAC/NFS > NFS Service

To ensure your share has NFS partitions click on the link that says “Click here to set the NFS access…” Choose your shared folder and Edit Shared Folder Permissions. And click

]]>http://dmacias.org/2017/09/30/installing-laravel-5-5-mysql-in-ubuntu-16-04-with-nginix-already-installed/feed/0599Cisco Spark Webhooks using Node.jshttp://dmacias.org/2017/02/20/cisco-spark-webhooks-using-node-js/
http://dmacias.org/2017/02/20/cisco-spark-webhooks-using-node-js/#respondTue, 21 Feb 2017 01:43:44 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=595I’ve been trying to come up with a reason to play around with node.js. I’ve also been trying to make some time to play around with the Cisco Spark API. So I figured I would merry the two of them. My intention was to setup a webhook on a channel, then in my node application display the messages being posted in my room. Pretty simple example, but it touches a few different things.

]]>http://dmacias.org/2017/02/20/cisco-spark-webhooks-using-node-js/feed/0595Cisco Finesse Desktop Tabs for Supervisorshttp://dmacias.org/2017/02/13/cisco-finesse-desktop-tabs-for-supervisors/
http://dmacias.org/2017/02/13/cisco-finesse-desktop-tabs-for-supervisors/#respondMon, 13 Feb 2017 17:27:16 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=593This came up on this thread and figured I would post something about it is an easy mistake. The Finesse layout is devided into an Agent and Supervisor section. So adding a tab to the top of the default layout will only add it to the Agent view. You can tell the layouts apart by the following tags:

<layout> <role>Agent</role> <page>

</layout>

or

<layout> <role>Supervisor</role> <page> </layout>

~david

]]>http://dmacias.org/2017/02/13/cisco-finesse-desktop-tabs-for-supervisors/feed/0593Travels to Indiahttp://dmacias.org/2017/01/30/travels-to-india/
http://dmacias.org/2017/01/30/travels-to-india/#commentsMon, 30 Jan 2017 10:22:41 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=591I had the pleasure of traveling to India this past week. Here are a few observations for those of you who might be venturing out for the first time.

– I was expecting 3rd world, but really India is a new industrialized country (NIC). The media, stories from past colleagues, and just general lack of knowledge all were preparing me for some pretty grim experiences around the have and have nothings. Although there is some stark poverty and you see it often, it felt that the big cities were all moving in the right direction of the monetary spectrum.

– The honor system of driving. My preference would be to never drive in Mexico City, however I don’t think I could drive in India even if you put a gun to my head. There is a direct link between the driver and the car horn and this link is unbroken and used every 10 seconds. Imagine every motorized vehicle on the road using the horn for everything. You’re going to try and pass someone, horn. You’re going to make a turn, horn. You’re entering a lane, horn. The explanation was that this was the way to keep everyone around you informed that you were there and to mind you, honestly with so many horns going off at the same time, it’s difficult for me to not understand how do people not become immune to that sound. The system seems to work as I didn’t see a single accident, and traffic cops were few and far between.

– When two wheels will inherit the earth. Motorbikes and mopeds outnumber cars in the big cities. Followed by these little 3 wheel “taxis”. These vehicles are like ants, they can get into any space and will utilize any lane available. Which generally means a lane which is not a lane. What Americans would consider a normal 3 lane road for 3 cars, in India the space will allow 2 cars, 5 motorbikes, and 2 taxies to weave in and around each other in a single car length.

– Expecting Mexican Spicy. I love spicy food and I eat a lot of India food in the US which you can generally ask for it to be made spicier. No matter how much I tried, I couldn’t get anyone to give me any decent heat on any of my meals.

– Personal space means nothing. In the US we generally will occupy an elevator by moving towards the walls. You start with the call directly opposite to the door, then move to the wall closes to the controls, and finally the corners. When the walls are occupied, it’s now time to take the centered most area created by this square of people. Not in India. If the walls are utilized, someone will stand closest to whoever they see first. This means an 8 inches away, face to face ride where I found myself asking, “Is this gentleman going to try and kiss me?” I had a few other occurrences where strangers would look over my shoulder at my phone and where hand holding, hugging, and all around physical contact was significantly different than what you see in the states.

– Time zones where sleep goes to die. If you’re expecting to conduct business with your US counterparts and will be in India for any significant amount of time, prepare to hurt. The first few nights it was not so bad to have a meeting at 10:30 PM India Standard Time (IST), but anything beyond that and things got very difficult or impossible. Add to the fact that you’ll never really be on IST, but on some nebulous I’ll sleep for short periods of time and feel exhausted most of the time I’m awake time zone. Move all your meetings as early as possible. Send emails which don’t require some back and forth.

– IT is it. If you’ve been to Silicon Valley you’ll see vast zones with big building dedicated to technology. In India, you’ll see the same thing with bigger buildings an more people. I knew IT was big in India, I didn’t know just how big. I’m not sure if it’s just that the building seems larger and that people tend to spend more time outside, but it just felt bigger than any single US city.

I’m looking forward to going back, hopefully with more time and with an opportunity to travel all over the country.

~david

]]>http://dmacias.org/2017/01/30/travels-to-india/feed/2591Armada by Ernest Cline (Who wrote Ready Player One)http://dmacias.org/2016/11/22/armada-by-ernest-cline-who-wrote-ready-player-one/
http://dmacias.org/2016/11/22/armada-by-ernest-cline-who-wrote-ready-player-one/#respondTue, 22 Nov 2016 11:43:06 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=588This book has been on my nightstand for a long while and I finally sat down and got a chance to finish it. I didn’t hate the book, but I didn’t love it either.

First, it was a very similar premise to Ready Player One*. A young kid who lives his life playing video games and has an afinity for 80s music. Second, a lot of things felt very rushed. The book could have spent more time on the attacks and talked a bit more about Earth’s reaction. Instead it just focused on a few “dog fights” and didn’t deliver on the bigger effect accross the world. Finally, the love story seemed very forced. I understand the need to use this element, but it seemed so unecessary in the context of this book. Almost, felt like she was written in after the fact and to just check a box off.

If you’re on the fence on which book to read first or which book to read at all, skip Armada* and go for Ready Player One.

]]>http://dmacias.org/2016/10/15/install-aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-in-vagrant/feed/0586Another star!http://dmacias.org/2016/07/07/another-star/
http://dmacias.org/2016/07/07/another-star/#respondThu, 07 Jul 2016 21:16:23 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=584A lot of people run into me in the Cisco Support Forums as I try to keep pretty active not only to keep my memory fresh on some stuff I don’t touch much but to also keep a pulse on what the world is working on. The forum allows other users to provide you with points based on how they find your answers useful. Just got to the next level based on points awarded, a lovely shade of blue.

The breakdown:

]]>http://dmacias.org/2016/07/07/another-star/feed/0584Using git to push and pull repositories.http://dmacias.org/2016/02/17/using-git-to-push-and-pull-repositories-2/
http://dmacias.org/2016/02/17/using-git-to-push-and-pull-repositories-2/#respondWed, 17 Feb 2016 12:48:26 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=580I’ve been trying to get more proficient with git and figured the only way to do that is to get my hands dirty and write some simple app(s) and push them to a production server. There are my notes, mainly for me to help me remember how this stuff works.

The very first time you do a git init to initialize your repository.

git init

You do this every time you want to add new changes to your reposiotry.

git add .

To see the status of things which are going to be added, removed.

git status

Once you’re happy with what you want to commit, leave your future self a little love note.

git commit –m “Doing something”

You only do this the first time to setup your remote repository destination.

Now, once you’ve cloned your repository you need to updated it every time you want to pull down any new commits.

sudo git pull origin master

composer update

php artisan cache:clear

~david

]]>http://dmacias.org/2016/02/17/using-git-to-push-and-pull-repositories-2/feed/0580Microsoft Azure and Laravel 5.1 from Scratchhttp://dmacias.org/2016/02/16/microsoft-azure-and-laravel-5-1-from-scratch/
http://dmacias.org/2016/02/16/microsoft-azure-and-laravel-5-1-from-scratch/#commentsTue, 16 Feb 2016 15:42:31 +0000http://dmacias.org/?p=575While most people use AWS, I like to use Azure and there’s just not a lot of information relating Azure and Laravel, so figured this might be useful for others. This assumes a level of comfort with Linux and Azure.

Give your VM some basic information: Name, User name, Authentication Type (SSH public key is my preference). Create a new resource group, I always use the same name as the VM and Location. I usually do the A1 Standard size.

Click ok to choose the defauls under Settings.

Click OK on summary and your VM will start deploying, this will take about 10-15 minutes to complete.

Once running, click the VM, Public Ip address/DNS name label, All Settings, Configuration, and give it a DNS name. I do this to not have to deal with IP addresses and use actual names.